Sad-iron.



' PATENTED APR. 12, 1904.

M. JOYCE.

.SAD IRON. APPLICATION FILED my 4, 1903.

No MODEL.

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iron in one integral piece,

in which similar Patented April 12, I904.

' OFFICE.

MICHAEL oronfor SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

SAD-"RON.

'SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No 757,198 ,dated April 12', 1904. Application filed Kay 4, 190a. Serial No. 155,551. (r model.) 7

To all wha if vat/by concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J oven, a citi-' I zen of the United States, and a resident of Salt in the county of Salt Lake and Lake City, State of Utah, have invented a new and .Improved Sad-Iron, of which thefollowing'is a full, clear, andexact-description.

This invention relates to sad -'irons of the type disclosed in-my prior patents, Nos. 686, 080 and 686,081, dated November 5, 1901'that'is to say, in which the handle is separate from the iron proper andprovided with devices for rem'ovably connecting the two.

enabling the iron to compete commercially with the cheaper irons, in which the handle and iron proper are in permanent connection. This end I attain by casting the body of the with guide lugs projecting upward therefrom, and providing a wooden handle with a metallic connectionplate adapted to lie between the guide-lugs of the iron-body and separated from the handle by a non-conducting shield, said connectionplate having a stop;bar and a spring-dog. coacting wit the upper side of the iron-body. By this construction effective engagement between the handleand the iron-body may be easily had, and yet the number of parts is so materially reduced and their construction simplified as to enable the irons to be placed on the market at a comparatively low figure.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification,

characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a tion. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken at the point of the headed pin on the iron-body. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of .the connection -plate. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the dog, and Fig. 6 is a detail of the springwhich actuates the'dog.

a indicates the body of the iron, which, as

, handle by means The object of the present invention is to sim-' plify the construction of the parts without de-. parting from their effectiveness of action,thus

'h a headed pin or screw fastened on' end of the dog is fitted with a knob perspectivr view of the inv'en aforesaid, is preferably formed of an integral metallic castingv and provided ateach side with two upwardlyprojected guide lugs a, forming, essentially, a longitudinal guideway (indicated at a?) on the top of the iron-body.

6 indicates the handle, which is preferably of wood, and 0 indicates the non -conducting shield-plate, whichI also prefer to construct of wood and which extends from the ends of the handle longitudinally over the body of the iron. This shieldplate,together with the connection plate d,

the two elements 0 and d into The under face of the connecupward through the handle 6.

' tion-plate d is-formed with recesses, (indicated at d',) which are intended to reduce the weight of the connection-plate and therefore thecost thereof, and also to reduce the heat-radiating capacity of the plate. Said connection-plate is formed with longitudinal slots 01*, separated by a transverse abutment (Z and in the forward slot d? s l cated the dog f, the shouldered end f" of which is intended to bear against the headed pin or screw g, fastened to the upper surface of the iron-body a in the said longitudinal guideway (1 The front end of the dog, as best shown in Fig. 5, is 'provided with transverse trunnion-like members f which are mounted in cavities d, formed in the connection-plate d, whereby the dog is arranged to swing vertically into and out of engagement with the stud g.

h indicates the spring for actuating the dog and throwing it normally into the position shown in 'Fig. 2, and said spring is held atirts front end by the adjacent screw 6. The free z', which projects up through an orifice c in the shieldplate 0 in position to be grasped by the operator.

The use of the invention will, it is thought, be readily understood from the prior art. Tb engage the handle with the body, it is only necessary to move the handle longitudinally through the guideway a the cavity 03' at the front" end of the connection-plate receiving the stud or pin 9, and said pin automatically raising the dog until the abutment (Z strikes the pin, and then the shouldered end f of the is fastened securely to the i of screws 6, which are passed dog will drop into engagement with the opposite side of the pin, thus firmly fastening the handle in place. To disengage the parts, it is only'necessary to lift the knob z' and reverse the described movement of the handle. By adjusting the screw g the handle may be engaged with the body of the iron at any de-v sired pressure, since the beveled head of the screw and the beveled front edge of the abutment d coacting, as shown in Fig. 2, may be made to force the handle down on the iron to a degree depending upon the elevation of the screw above the top surface of the body of the iron. 4

Theiron-body is here shown as pointed-at each end; but it is obvious that other shapes may be adopted, notable among these being that in which the rear end of the iron is square. Various other changes in theform,

proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the, spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to allsuch variations as may lie within the intent of my claim. Having thus described my invention, Icla-im as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A sad-iron, comprising a body provided with upwardly-projected-lugs at each side of its top forming a longitudinal guideway on the top of the body, a bevel-headed stud fastened to the body in the guideway intermediate the ends thereof, an arched handle, a non-conducting shield-plate fastened to the bottom of the-handle and having an opening therein, a connection-plate fastened to .the handle beneath the shield-plate and havinga longitudinal slot and a beveled transverse abutment at the'inner end of the slot, said abutment being arranged to engage its beveled portion with the said bevel-headed stud, a dog having at its front end ashoulder arranged to engage the stud on the side opposite the abutment, the other end of the dog having trunnion-like members rockably mounted in the connectionplate, a spring yieldingly. pressing the dog into active position, and a knob attached to the dog and projecting upward through the said openingin the shield-plate.

In testimony-whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

ROBERT A. Carm ne, WILLIAM P. PHELAN.

MICHAEL JOYCE. 

